eli5 – Why pc lag or slow down when severals apps are open but the cpu and memory are not used at 100%?

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I know that this might vary from case to case, depending on which PC and which app I have open, among other factors. However, I noticed that with all that I had open, regardless of the apps or games running, when the PC starts to slow down or lag, the CPU or memory is not used at 100%, but stays between 70% and 90% depending on the situation. What could be the reason?

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Memory at 70% and 90% is considered heavy usage, the system has to swap in and out a lot of pages from virtual memory, which is a file on your hard disk. Unless you have VERY fast m.2 SSD, it’s going to slow things down a lot.

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